Best Wine Bars and Tasting Rooms Around Smith Mountain Lake
Smith Mountain Lake, Virginia — updated August 21, 2026
Wine drinking at Smith Mountain Lake happens at vineyard tasting rooms rather than downtown bars. Three places near the water pour by the flight, with notes on hours, seating and how settled each rating is.
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There is no bar district at Smith Mountain Lake, so wine drinking here means driving to a tasting room in Moneta or Goodview and settling in for an afternoon. All three below pour flights, all three keep seasonal or daytime-only hours, and none of them stays open late. Check hours before you go, because closing time at these places is usually 6 p.m.
1. Fables & Feathers Winery
The closest thing in the area to an actual wine bar: TripAdvisor lists it under wine bar and beer restaurants, and Yelp notes a very large menu for the flights. It rates 4.9 across 131 reviews, which is a strong showing on a moderate sample rather than a fully settled one. Food trucks turn up in season for heavier fare, and live music happens periodically, including afternoon sets running into the early evening. The event center is sometimes booked for private functions, which can limit indoor seating to the bar area while outdoor spaces stay open. It has extended hours for occasional events, such as Virginia Beer Day in August. Address is Bruno Drive in Goodview.
2. Ramulose Ridge Vineyards
The most reliable open-door option on the list: the Moneta location posts noon to 6 p.m. seven days a week under summer hours, so there is no closed day to plan around. Its 4.6 rating comes from 179 reviews, the largest sample here, which makes it the best-tested of the three even though the average sits lower. Reviewers describe an extensive wine menu, and there are margarita and sangria flights for anyone in the group not drinking wine. Live music and local art afternoons run in the mid-afternoon window. Note that the vineyard also operates a Natural Bridge location with different Saturday hours, so confirm you are headed to Hendricks Store Road.
3. Hickory Hill Vineyards
Worth naming for its 4.8 rating, though with 85 reviews it is the thinnest evidence base on this list, and access is the catch. The winery describes its operating hours as seasonal, and Yelp currently lists Monday through Thursday as closed. The website points visitors toward ordering online for shipping or scheduling a pickup by appointment, and notes that its Sunset Saturday concerts, which ran from 2005 through 2023, are no longer held. When the tasting room is open, charcuterie, cheese and other light fare are available alongside the wine. Call ahead at the Hickory Cove Lane address in Moneta rather than driving out on spec.
What we left off
Norm's Beer & Wine appeared in an earlier version of this list. It is in Vienna, in Northern Virginia, roughly the length of the state away from Smith Mountain Lake, so it does not belong in a guide to drinking near the lake. No chains or closed businesses were removed.